REVELANT WEBSITES & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Archival projects, newsletters, blogs, social media accounts, etc.
- AfriClassical: Documenting African Heritage in Classical Music.
- Afropop Worldwide: Radio program and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the diaspora.
- AMAKA: Digital media publisher highlighting stories of women from Africa and the diaspora.
- Ashram Tapes: Highlighting the devotional music of Alice ‘Swamini Turiyasangitananda’ Coltrane.
- Black Classical Composers: A collaborative Spotify playlist featuring Black classical composers.
- Black Music History (@blackmusichistory): Instagram account and online blog by Matthew Williams sharing historical notes on music of the Afro-Atlantic.
- Black Opera Research Network: A platform for conversations on the history, experiences, politics, and practices of Black opera.
- Blackpast: Documenting the history of African America and the African diaspora.
- CABBAGES: Gary Suarez’s hip-hop newsletter.
- CASTLE OF OUR SKINS: A concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. See their blog for features on “unsung and celebrated figures of past and present.”
- Chicago Black Music History: #312Soul: An Unfinished Retrospective of Chicago’s Black Music History.
- Dust-to-Digital: Record company documenting the history of American popular music, including historical recordings of blues, gospel, and country music.
- Gran Varones: A digital project that highlights LGBTQ pop culture history and community storytelling through a Black/Latinx lens by Louie A. Ortiz-Fonseca.
- Indiana University's Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Jason Hirschhorn's @MusicREDEF newsletter.
- JazzMF: Michael Fitzgerald’s Jazz research site.
- Music Journalism History: Don Armstrong’s blog documenting “the writers and magazines that shaped American pop music.”
- Music Journalism Insider: Todd L. Burn’s newsletter of news, jobs, listings, and interviews with industry figures.
- The Nelson George Mixtape: Author, critic and filmmaker Nelson George’s newsletter on “Black music, Black culture and America.”
- New Books Network: A consortium of author-interview podcast channels introducing new books by scholars and other serious writers.
- Ongoing History of Protest Music: Online archival project of the artists, songs, and albums that have made considerable contributions to the historical development of protest music.
- Open Letter to Music Journalists & Editors by Christine Kakaire.
- SIXTY EIGHT OH FIVE: Hanif Abdurraqib’s playlist project.